Core Curriculum
Skills:adjectives,
read and respond to fiction and nonfiction

PA Standards:1.1E, 1.4B, 1.6A, 1.6C, 1.6D, 1.6E

Think Aloud:I will model/discuss:

1.Adjectives
about my friend.

2.We
are learning about friendship, and I found a beautiful story and poem.

Shared Reading:

1.A
Friend by Betsey Jones Michael

2.Friends
Forever taken from a story by Ann Morris

Teaching
Strategies:

1.Think/Pair/Share-
Students will process what they’ve read and make their own personal connections
to their friendships.

2.Create
a chart while students pair/share and brainstorm adjectives (pair/share
about words) to describe friends.

3.Discuss
friendship list.

4.Graphic
Organizer- Pair/share an adjective that describes your friend, and give a
sentence explaining why.The children
will then begin to fill in their web using 5 adjectives and 5 sentences
describing their friend.These
adjectives and sentences will then be transferred to a flower template to be
displayed.

Reflection:

1.What
was your favorite part of this lesson?

2.What
did you learn about friendship?

Extension:

Students
will go onto www.english-zone.com for
further practice in finding adjectives on this interactive website.